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Havent read the article yet BUT would agree with waihekeaces1 for the most part. It's been a decent series so far this year but no Emil and to a lesser extent no Gollob has lessened it & I hope Emil's back sooner rather then later.

Andy Jaye & Scotty are better then Kelv & Nige, fresher, more insightful, Andy is a little like an excited kid at times but I like the enthusiasm. Sophie is so much better then Charlie who is still tripping up over her words! I dont think Sky's team are awful, I just prefer Eurosport's

I didnt know that about Freddie, thanks for the info Ghostwalker.

Who goes through? No Fast Freddie for the Swedes?

The SWC I saw at Peterborugh (2009?) was a belter too.

Well I thought it was a decent meeting. As is often the case in the early stages of the SWC, the racing isnt great as it tends to be un even quality wise, but the scores stay close which keeps it intersting. Hats off to team GB, they rode their luck but still they deserved their win. Steady and Danny King rode above themselves, especially in the first half of the meeting, really set the tone. Also well done bomber, started poorly and kept plugging away. As for the Aussies, no Holder obviosuly didnt help but Woodward was great for them last year & was unlucky. Shoulda had 5 points after his first 2 rides but bad luck meant he was on a big fat zero. Ward had an off night and as has been previously mentioned, he's all smiles when it's going well and a spoilt bratt when it's not. As someone said earlier, it's not like a load of people woke up one day and said he's a pratt, it's because of what he's done and how he conducts himself. That being said, he's a tremendous talent on a motorcycle, but it's not unusual for a great sportsman to be a not nice person. Great performance by the yanks, Gino & Max were an absolute credit to themselves, and Grin is just a freak of nature. Shame the Russian Federation dont care about the sport because if they had a full strength team there Saturday this thread would look very different! Good luck to all left in the competion.

what part of that was 'a load of tripe' then?

But GB were a 1 man team too right? Ward still a wonderful human being I see.

Apologies, but I just meant 5 to 6 point foreigners!

The writing was on the wall regarding the chaos of EL fixutes in 1995 when Hans quit British Speedway for Poland/Sweden/GP's. Yet here we are 20 years later and they still basically did very little to make it an attractive place to race. It's the worst league for the riders finacially, hectic schedule, stupid rule changes, the BSPA really don't help themselves. Also, they never secured a major sponsor for the league (Im not counting SkyBet thats just Sky tv using free advertising on their own channel) again, not helping the finacial plight. Theyve been complaining about costs for so long, but to my mind theyve never gone with simple solutions. 6 rider teams, less foreigners - ie only employ the best dont fill teams up with the Skornikis of the world.Team kevlars are a pointless expensive exercise as it's rarely a team without a guest. That's just 3 very basic ideas. Anywway we all know Until the EL is taken over by independent professionals with no self interest it'll never be as succesful as it could or should be. With regards to a single race night, yes it is pretty much impossible but they should try and narrow it to say Mondays and Fridays if possible

Anyone know what the official attendance was?

The problem is that he will hurt someone in a bad way soon - or he runs the risk of the others starting to say enough is enough & they all start putting it on him & he'll end up in a bad way. I very much agree that he's great to watch, but he's guilty of this kind of incident time & again & enough is enough before someone's seriously hurt.

Hahaha like it

Watched the GP last night. It was pretty bad but as far back as Amsterdam 1987 World Final, any meeting Ive seen where the track has been over an Athletics track has been rubbish! I would imagine live there were enough close finishes and crashes (by the way Im not a fan of riders crashing!) to keep the crowd entertained but it didnt translate well to TV. Not sure why people are so upset on here. You get bad Speedway meetings, you also get bad Football matches, Rugy Matches, Cricket, boxing, F1 and so on and so on, it's sport, happens that sometimes is not so good. That last GP was a belter.

Is there no chance Scotty will re consider riding in the SWC again?

It was definately no frills but better then no at all!

I thought it was very simple but very good coverage. Was nice to see the difference in how they do it over there. Ran smoother & was more competitve then an EL meeting IMO. I like Tatum and Pearson but the lower key commentary was nice. Ermo was one of my heros as a kid but maybe Eurosport should look to getting Dave Norris in, he was great on the mic. Dont miss the pit interviews, they are pretty pointless and although shes very easy on the eye Charlie is bloody useless. Did anyone see her presnt the Klitchko fight the other week? Oh dear oh dear...

Terrible loss for the series. Probably the most talented rider in the world and certainly one of the most excinting. Gutted wont be seeing him at Cardiff this year. Hope it's genuine and hes on good terms with BSI and we see him as a Wild Card later in the year.

SEC will be a flash in the pan, gone in 3 or 4 years. You heard it here first!

Andrew Silver. Could of, well should of made it. Was better then Havvy when they were youngsters but sadly fell by the wayside...

Yes and yest he still hated Brits like no other.

Jason Crump for me. As anti English as they come even though he, his father and his grandfather owe their careers to England. He whinged non stop for the 15 years of his carrer, complained about everything and anything, broke Billy Hamill's back then pretended he'd dislocated his shoulder in play acting worthy of a premier league game. Then once he'd won the world title he was Mr Friendly family man. Every interview was a condecending comment and he tried to take credit for Holders win because he spoke to him before the semi final re run. Was again, all for the cameras IMO. That being said, as a rider he was bloody good. Others dont like: David Howe - When he was younger thought he was going to be world champion and this poop didnt stink. Now he's another 'Mr Nice Guy' Nikki P: Is gonna seriously hurt someone one day the maniac. Troy Batchelor: See above Kasprzak: Actually takes the p*ss out of the paying public so inconsistent.

Off topic a wee bit, anyone here know of a blace where you can get Iphone screens fixed in Stockholm? Any help greatly appreciated.

Baseball is cheap as theres 4 million games a season, most other sports are not!

A real shame that injuries have had such a major effect on the series this year. Still been a superb series, but coulda been so much better. if Tai wins, he still we be deserving but I do hope Emil recovers and it goes down to the wire.